Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is calling on the provincial government to work with the city to find a solution to concerns about the Sheldon Chumir Supervised Consumption Site.
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is calling on the provincial government to work with the city to find a solution to concerns about the Sheldon Chumir Supervised Consumption Site.
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Beltline residents raise ‘social disorder’ concerns around Calgary supervised consumption site
– Oct 3, 2023
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the Alberta government is dragging its heels on deciding the future of the city’s only supervised drug-use site.
In a letter to Premier Danielle Smith, Gondek says the province has not followed through on its promises and that its delay is causing “concern and distress.”
The supervised consumption site is located at the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood.
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The Alberta government under former premier Jason Kenney committed in 2022 to closing the Sheldon Chumir Supervised Consumption Site in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood and replacing it with two others.
But that site, which is also known as the Safeworks site, remains open.
Gondek is proposing that the city and province start formally working together to find an immediate solution.
The Safeworks site provides a hygienic environment for people to use drugs under medical supervision.
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